Hegel's Social Ethics : Religion, Conflict, and Rituals of Reconciliation / Molly Farneth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farneth, Molly, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831. Phänomenologie des Geistes.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831--Criticism and interpretation.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.

Phänomenologie des Geistes (Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich).

Consciousness.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Reconciliation.

Religion and sociology.

Social ethics.

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Spirit.

Truth.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Hegel's Social Ethics offers a fresh and accessible interpretation of G. W. F. Hegel's most famous book, the Phenomenology of Spirit. Drawing on important recent work on the social dimensions of Hegel's theory of knowledge, Molly Farneth shows how his account of how we know rests on his account of how we ought to live.Farneth argues that Hegel views conflict as an unavoidable part of living together, and that his social ethics involves relationships and social practices that allow people to cope with conflict and sustain hope for reconciliation. Communities create, contest, and transform their norms through these relationships and practices, and Hegel's model for them are often the interactions and rituals of the members of religious communities.The book's close readings reveal the ethical implications of Hegel's discussions of slavery, Greek tragedy, early modern culture wars, and confession and forgiveness. The book also illuminates how contemporary democratic thought and practice can benefit from Hegelian insights.Through its sustained engagement with Hegel's ideas about conflict and reconciliation, Hegel's Social Ethics makes an important contribution to debates about how to live well with religious and ethical disagreement.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

A note on Primary texts

Chapter 1. Social Ethics in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit

Chapter 2. Tragedy and the Social Construction of Norms

Chapter 3. Culture War and the Appeal to Authority

Chapter 4. Rituals of Reconciliation

Chapter 5. Religion, Philosophy, and the Absolute

Chapter 6. Commitment, Conversation, and Contestation

Chapter 7. Democratic Authority through Conf lict and Reconciliation

Notes

Bibliography

Index

A NOTE ON THE TYPE

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781400887996

1400887992

OCLC:

992119239